Definitions for coronary

coronary cor·o·nar·y

Spelling: [kawr-uh-ner-ee, kor-]
IPA: /ˈkɔr əˌnɛr i, ˈkɒr-/

Coronary is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 145 anagrams from letters in coronary (acnoorry).

Definitions for coronary

noun

  1. Pathology. a heart attack, especially a coronary thrombosis.
  2. a coronary artery.

adjective

  1. of or relating to the human heart, with respect to health.
  2. Medicine/Medical. pertaining to the arteries that supply the heart tissues and originate in the root of the aorta. encircling like a crown, as certain blood vessels.
  3. of or like a crown.

Origin of coronary

1600-10; Latin corōnārius, equivalent to corōn(a) crown + -ārius -ary; in reference to the heart, extended from Examples for coronary

In many cases sclerosis of the coronary arteries as a part of general arteriosclerosis has been found.

Dr. Ornish became famous in the 1990s for showing reversal of coronary artery disease using a very low-fat, near-vegetarian diet.

It terminates in the coronary cushion and the sensitive laminæ.

Of these deaths, coronary heart disease—the narrowing of the arteries that feed the heart—accounts for more than half the deaths.

Attention should then be given to the flap of skin and coronary cushion.

He was found at autopsy to have severe hardening of his coronary arteries.

In 2005, DOC paid $37,244 for one coronary bypass surgery and $32,897 for one kidney transplant surgery.

In these cases the coronary arteries share in the generalized arteriosclerotic process.

His face turned red from the effort and for a moment I thought he might be having a coronary.

Guarding this opening is the coronary valve or valve of Thebesius.

Word Value for coronary
Scrable

13

Words with friends

14

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